The Ever Given is sitting in an artificial lake off the Suez Canal while experts work out whether

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

it's fit to sail - and what to do with its 20,000 containers if it's not

The recently freed container ship Ever Given is waiting in a lake off the Suez Canal, where authorities are inspecting it for seaworthiness.

The Ever Given, a 220,000-ton, 1,300-foot-long ship, was freed Monday after being grounded in the Suez Canal for six days, blocking the crucial maritime route.

Following its release - thanks to tugboats and dredgers working night and day - it was moved to the Great Bitter Lake, a large body of water that divides the canal into two sections.

The company that leases the ship, Evergreen, wrote in a statement Monday that the vessel would be inspected to see whether it could continue its originally planned journey to Rotterdam, in the Netherlands.

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[Sur Zobra]

1. Too big to sail

[csziggy]

2. I figured they were putting it at the end of the line to continue on

Whether or not it is safe, it should be kept there where it will not obstruct other shipping any longer.

[superpatriotman]

3. Big insurers bracing for claims

Lloyd's List reported. The cost of the delay is estimated to have been about $400 million an hour.

[Brother Buzz]

4. The Great Bitter Lake is more like an ancient reconstituted sea

It was a salt basin, an evaporated sea, before the canal was dug. Today, by definition, it's a lake because it's open to the ocean.

[rickyhall]

5. I'd hate to see the impound charges.